The Railway Children
From: Saturday, 18th June 2011
To: Sunday, 8 January 2012
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Synopsis
When father mysteriously disappears at Christmas, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis leave London for a new life in the Kent countryside. Discovering a railway at the end of the garden is just the first step to many adventures!
Our Review:
29 June 2011
This lavish, warm-hearted production of Edith Nesbit’s classic novel, now three years old, returns in triumph to Waterloo Station. Nesbit’s tale of three adventurous upper-middle class children suddenly thrust into a life of (relative) poverty and ripped from the city to a remote rural village is one of the very finest children’s stories of the 20th century, and it is served superbly by Mike Kenny’s adaptation and the classiest production values in town.
Joanna Scotcher’s design engulfs an entire platform in Waterloo’s abandoned Eurostar terminal, transforming it into the idyllic station of Oakworth. The audience are seated at either side of the track, which is ingeniously used for a series of moving stages and, of course, the great Victorian steam-train itself. By placing the railway in the very centre of the design, by making its magic the focus of every scene, we all experience the childish glee which the thundering iron beasts produce...
Latest User Review
Rob - 28 November 2011:
Fantastic production for the young and young at heart. Please try to catch this train before it leaves for good on 8th January....
Cast
Mark Benton (Mr Perks)
Pandora Clifford (Mother)
David Baron (Old Gentleman)
Mark Holgate (Jim)
Elizabeth Keats (Mrs Perks)
Tim Lewis (Peter)
Stephen Beckett (Father/Doctor)
Amy Noble (Roberta)
Blair Plant (Shepansky)
Amanda Prior (Mrs Viney/Cook)
Grace Rowe (Phyllis)
Francesca Ellis
Felicity Houlbrooke
James Rigby
Creative
E Nesbitt (Book)
Jenny King (Producer)
Matthew Gale (for the Touring Consortium - Railway Children) (Producer)
Tristan Baker (Producer)
Oliver Royds (Producer)
PW Productions (Producer)
Sue Scott Davison (Producer)
Mike Kenny (Adaptation)
York Theatre Royal (in association with the National Railway Museum) (Company)
Damian Cruden (Director)
Jo Scotcher (Design)
Richard G. Jones (Lighting)
Christopher Madin (Music)
Craig Vear (Sound)
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